The Presidents of the United States 1842 vintage city art The American National Chart 199

The American National Chart 199 unfurls the republic as schoolroom catechism — presidents in oval medallions

a turn-of-the-century commemorative lithograph that revisits the 1863 decree three decades on — when the work of remembrance had become its own civic industry

its serpentine board and numbered hazards betraying the antebellum appetite for amusements that disguised moral lessons as chance and cunning

as if he knew the whole vessel of a sailor's night depended on inches

Design for Landaulet No 4211 is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

The Presidents of the United States 1842 vintage city art The American National Chart 199The Presidents of the United States 1842 assembles the first nine men to hold the office in a single composite portrait Washington through Tyler, the line still short enough to fit on one sheet, the republic still young enough to believe its presidents could be gathered like a family. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,